| Show correspondence THIS IN THE the toleration and consistency ol of so no called christiana ROAN MOUNTAIN carter tennessee sept defered news dear brother reeling feeling a desire to communicate through the columns of your valuable paper some of rny my experience as a missionary to relatives and friends I 1 pen the following folio wing giving my friends and relatives a parting arting shake of the hand band in april last I 1 started on a mission to the southern states in c company with other elders arrived here among strangers many of ia whom are enemies no not I 1 erm a person 4 al acquaintance with the e principles of I 1 the latter day saints but through re port ort and prejudice re judine having been ta taught by the e egl ministers of f t the he i SO CALLED RELIGIOUS denominations that the cormons mormons Mor mons navi bew jap they call us are enemies to this government also false teachers leading the people astray until the name biame mormon is wormwood to the people eople on saturday alth of this anth nion tb elder J T thome and I 1 went ato limestone cove unicoi county to frange ange an appointment and visit with ome me friends there after arriving here re we learned that the christian ap tits were to hold meeting on the arow at 10 a in we ac delit to the church house eing ng desirous of hearing and holding meeting ting in the after afternoon nooD if there was gothing hing to conflict arriving at the dace e appointed for meeting we met he mini ministers three in number thos aright peter berry and mr gough laving lug previously met mr wright we asked ed him if the house wo would ad be occupied d in the afternoon be said he did not know the rae meeting eting proceed id the first speaker mr gough n his rem remarks manifesting a I 1 christian istian spirit mr berry the I 1 biad said 1 I van am not a cicero 11 lor r a webster and thank god do not understand all the different diffene if I 1 did I 1 fear I 1 would have hale een en an in infidel fiVel while thus thua aspea speaking ing centred hecen tred his eyes upon us and firing wealth av with the SPIRIT OF been a tirade of abuse and slander saving lie he could prove all that he be had bad y sald MM concluded bv warning the people against balse teachers and portraying fertte ame horrors of a never ending liell hell amr r wright with a face us as long as balsams Bala ams aas aland and cesis rolling down his fits cheeks created a sensation among some by his hii pathetic tones he concluded by saying abere are some gentlemen present who desire to make an apo appointment sa c ament but we wish it understood t this house bouse belongs to the christian brethren on the second lords ads day of each month whether w wu c use se it or not others shall bot ot unless they do it at tt the point of law during all this time we e had listened att attentively ent ively taking on in the words of our savior blessed are ye when men shall ie i vile ile you and say all manner of evil against you falsely benediction being pronounced the congregation remained as the rain was falling fast many were desirous of lies bearing ing from rom us elder T met mr wright near the door deor asking him his bis oba objections sections to us speaking to the peo people pie for a short time as it was raining too h hard d for them to td go home hoine i mr r W said this house was built for I 1 all protestant denominations f elder eider T then you do not dot class the latter day saints aay protestants rote stants mr W we consider you impostors you are holding joe smith forth as a mediator in place of jesus christ h elder T this is not so let us go to the law and the testimony and see who these impostors impo storsand anti are mr W refused to do this during his time I 1 asked mr berry he be being in the other end of the room to harmonize revelation eh chapter apter and verses with deuteronomy ath 2 as he be had bad used the former to condemn all later myel aaion than the new testament he being LOST JO ALL REASON and thinking no doubt he be called on to prove other assertions he had made flew into a rage and as I 1 opened my bible to read he said 1 I do not want to bear your mormon bible I 1 told him this is the christians bible king james translation elder T stepping up said it is not the book of ma mor r falon but laub the LU book you yon claim to believe in at this he sid I 1 one at a time if you dont keep keel your mouth shut ill 1 mash it at the same time squaring himself and drawing his bis fis fist in the position to strike elder T turn inar 9 way away said saia to me dont speak to him he is a heretic lur hEr Itic tic 11 i A peace of officer fleer stepped up and addressing 5 g himself to ur mr B said let us giaveno ve no mashing mas bini of mouths here 11 jh B said til ill tight for jesus 1 1 I 1 A A WW 04 ari W fr f m wg aw SWORD OP OF THIS THE SPIRIT 0 o fight with 09 the one hundred and twenty alve or thirty persons present ut a large majority were our friends not dol particularly Tie lievers in the doctrine but did not want to see us its imposed upon many cume came to us who hatt had never spoken to us by before bore and aud invited us home with it itam them the consequence was wale we gainer al n many any friends the lord forfa W t p may mysterious way his hio wonders perform to we learned afterward ahat att there fiere were eke efforts made to get a bant ant of arrest for us on the plea of en ba having vl I 1 n di disturbed is t curbed public worship but t the e squire quira Is being a fair minded roan man would not issue it the servants of god take consolation in being persecuted lor for do ingwood ing good the elders a ibis part hae bae been charged with trying to shun thu the ministers very few circumstances similar to the above would cause me TO feel justified to shun them the w work ork of is like gathering grapes when the vintage is over yet all must have the privilege f HEARING THE GOSPEL be before for e t they he y cap P b be e judged by it re we expect a goo good d time lime at our conference f e en e next saturday and sunday aith and we expect all the elders eiders of the north carolina conference together with president morgan and no doubt baay of the saints and friends the judgments of god are being poured out on the inhabitants of the balth it should be a time of reflection for all the people here were much during the earthquake but haye baye fallen back into the bame groove D E R TAYLOR |
